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the president, john boehner, could be getting set to talk again later this week. what advice would you give them on taxes? >> these are very minor issues, in terms of total revenue derived. but they are very significant to members. if you were to tell the bulk of the democratic caucus in the house that we were going to do something draconian to the inheritance tax, that could cost you a lot of votes. this is a carefully crafted a balanced package the house to emerge. -- that has to emerge. all these issues need to be tested. a little focus group on the conference side. these can be symbolically important. they can blow the opportunity to do something broadbased and fundamental. do we end up with something close to balsams and because of -- to bowles-simpson just because of that point? >> we would be better off if speaker boehner and the president did not publicly change their offers. hopefully, they are going to have to compromise. the more times you commit yourself in public, the harder it is to make the compromise. >> we will go around the former members of cong
the president, john boehner, could be getting set to talk again later this week. what advice would you give them on taxes? >> these are very minor issues, in terms of total revenue derived. but they are very significant to members. if you were to tell the bulk of the democratic caucus in the house that we were going to do something draconian to the inheritance tax, that could cost you a lot of votes. this is a carefully crafted a balanced package the house to emerge. -- that has to...
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ladies and gentlemen, the honorable john boehner. [applause] >> well, steve, let me just say thanks to you and your team and the architect's office and the grounds crew have done a great job inputting this together. and let me thank the colorado delegation for being here. i would take credit for the weather. [laughter] >> but i thought the senators would do it before i did. [laughter] >> lindsay, great job and i'm glad we have nice weather so you could wear that pretty dress without having to put a big overcoat on it. let me say thank you to all of you here tonight. this great spruce has traveled many miles. thanks to ben and his partner who brought the tree from colorado here. it's christmastime and it's the splendor of this tree calls to mind the star of bethlehem and the chance of the angels announcing a humble birth in a manger. the birth of christ fulfilled, the prophecy of salvation and giving a weary world a chance to rejoice and we will bring light to the tree that flour issues as a symbol of everlasting life. this tree will
ladies and gentlemen, the honorable john boehner. [applause] >> well, steve, let me just say thanks to you and your team and the architect's office and the grounds crew have done a great job inputting this together. and let me thank the colorado delegation for being here. i would take credit for the weather. [laughter] >> but i thought the senators would do it before i did. [laughter] >> lindsay, great job and i'm glad we have nice weather so you could wear that pretty dress...
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john, he is a great politician and comes from the other party, but john is exactly right when he says that the only thing that debt ceiling for is to destroy your credit rating. so i want to send a very clear message to people here. we are not going to play that game next year. if congress in any way suggests that they are going to tie negotiations to debt ceiling votes and take us to the brink of default once again as part of a budget negotiation, which by the way, we have never done in our history until we did it last year, i will not play that game. we have to break that habit before it starts. so, with that, let me just say, we have one path where we resolve it fairly quickly. cuts. we reform our entitlements. increases. you get business certainty and you do what you do best, innovate, hire workers, make profits, do well by your shareholders and grow america and we have open-running room next year to deal with infrastructure, tax reform and immigration reform that will further make america competitive, that's one option. the other option is to engage in a self-inflicted series of
john, he is a great politician and comes from the other party, but john is exactly right when he says that the only thing that debt ceiling for is to destroy your credit rating. so i want to send a very clear message to people here. we are not going to play that game next year. if congress in any way suggests that they are going to tie negotiations to debt ceiling votes and take us to the brink of default once again as part of a budget negotiation, which by the way, we have never done in our...
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. >> next, speaker john boehner and nancy pelosi on the fiscal cliff negotiations. and live as 7:00 a.m., your calls and comments on "washington journal." >> i think reuters institute is something that is important within the culture. we are a culture of words, voices. words are key to our imagination, our capacity to envision things. we are not completely tied to print on the page in the sense of writing. i think there is no other art forms so readily accessible, other than perhaps film, which we work with, too. it is something -- there is something in literature that catches the human spirit. >> joined book tv, american history tv, and c-span's local content vehicle as we look at the literary life of new york's capital city, albany. sunday at 5:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3. >> house speaker john boehner told reporters the white house has wasted another week in negotiations of the fiscal cliff. this is about five minutes. >> good morning. this is not a progress report. there is no progress to report. when it comes to the fiscal cliff that is threateni
. >> next, speaker john boehner and nancy pelosi on the fiscal cliff negotiations. and live as 7:00 a.m., your calls and comments on "washington journal." >> i think reuters institute is something that is important within the culture. we are a culture of words, voices. words are key to our imagination, our capacity to envision things. we are not completely tied to print on the page in the sense of writing. i think there is no other art forms so readily accessible, other...
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bank of america, right, john? they would never permit this kind of in coherence in what the policy is. what they are going to take in. >> a question about this topic. based on your reporting, how far do you think the president is willing to go on entitlements? >> when i talked to the president in the summer on this, he acknowledged, quite openly, if it was bad politics for he and democrats to say we are going to cut medicare beneficiaries. he then went on, i think, in the end, you cannot be president and cannot be a realist. he said it is untenable to not help them because they are driving the budget deficit. the whole entitlement issue has been real -- of this problem. the taxing issue, yes. the pyrotechnics. there is the struggle between the republican and democratic view. but all of the numbers people know that it is the entitlement issue. if you can come up with some sort of fixed trajectory to make it somehow stable, that would be -- you have something from the book. >> your books are all ultimately about pow
bank of america, right, john? they would never permit this kind of in coherence in what the policy is. what they are going to take in. >> a question about this topic. based on your reporting, how far do you think the president is willing to go on entitlements? >> when i talked to the president in the summer on this, he acknowledged, quite openly, if it was bad politics for he and democrats to say we are going to cut medicare beneficiaries. he then went on, i think, in the end, you...
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knowing that john has to leave, and the center for american progress has come up with ideas, and, john, maybe you would like to weigh in on some of those and your thoughts on this debate. >> peter, following up on this morning's session, in order to get a balanced approach, we need but revenue and spending restraint. we need to ideas that you talked about this morning with respect to restraint, particularly in the entitlements and medicare specifically, but we also need new revenue. but we also need new revenue. we spent about the last year trying to think through how to get right new revenue, and we had of ideas from both sides, but we put together a group of people who bore quite experienced, bob rubin, larry summers, well-known names, and we tried to work through hell to see if you could raise enough revenue to actually hit the simpson-bowles target. we limited unjustified tax loopholes, but we primarily did it by converting the current system of deductions which favor high income taxpayers which equalizes the benefits of middle-income and high-income taxpayers get. we restored the
knowing that john has to leave, and the center for american progress has come up with ideas, and, john, maybe you would like to weigh in on some of those and your thoughts on this debate. >> peter, following up on this morning's session, in order to get a balanced approach, we need but revenue and spending restraint. we need to ideas that you talked about this morning with respect to restraint, particularly in the entitlements and medicare specifically, but we also need new revenue. but...
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john boehner. it may be much easier for him to have a debate on taxes in january than the republicans to vote on lowering taxes. it's not the way we should do it, but it's the way it may get done. host: the front page of the new york times -- there would possibly look at extending the tax cuts for middle-class americans if the studio sides cannot come to agreement. then later when there's another deadline, go back and fight for more spending cuts and tax cuts for the wealthy americans. the house leader nancy pelosi asked to get them to put extending tax cuts for the middle class on the floor. do you have enough votes? guest: we don't have enough votes to get the discharge petition. discharge petitions often are not successful. the republicans are in a box. now they appear to be defending tax cuts for the rich even at the expense of tax cuts for 98% of americans. it's not a good place to be. but the backup position as a lot of danger in it. if we go back to the debt ceiling fight where we are willin
john boehner. it may be much easier for him to have a debate on taxes in january than the republicans to vote on lowering taxes. it's not the way we should do it, but it's the way it may get done. host: the front page of the new york times -- there would possibly look at extending the tax cuts for middle-class americans if the studio sides cannot come to agreement. then later when there's another deadline, go back and fight for more spending cuts and tax cuts for the wealthy americans. the...
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. -- and john boehner. that is the problem. john boehner is having trouble finding help from his leadership. but the american people are suffering. i repeat -- i am sorry -- what clara mccaskill said. the speaker has to make an important decision whether he is going to save his speakership or the country. >> how about the president's fiscal cliff plan? why hasn't that been put up for a vote yet in the senate? are you planning on putting it up for a vote? the white house proposal they floated around last week, on capitol hill. where you put it up for a vote? >> i have no idea what you are talking about. >> the white house plan, the treasury secretary. >> i have no idea what that is. >> the plan that includes revenue. >> what kind of revenue? >> the top 2%. >> what else? >> of the debt limit authority as well. and 1.6 trillion dollars was the total. in the stimulus, he to hundred billion dollars. and later mcconnell offered to support a vote for it in the senate. >> i have to be careful what he offers. the last one he offered, he
. -- and john boehner. that is the problem. john boehner is having trouble finding help from his leadership. but the american people are suffering. i repeat -- i am sorry -- what clara mccaskill said. the speaker has to make an important decision whether he is going to save his speakership or the country. >> how about the president's fiscal cliff plan? why hasn't that been put up for a vote yet in the senate? are you planning on putting it up for a vote? the white house proposal they...
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john is a little bit contentious. i see it there is a partisan street fair with the heritage foundation. i am a veteran from vietnam. i need my social security and i live in low-income housing. they have helping secure that. i would never question social security because i paid into it for 45 years. i have been a lifelong democrat, born and raised in louisiana. i do not understand why the republicans cannot meet the democrats in the middle over this fiscal cliff situation and get the people's work done. the election is over. host: what do you think would be meeting in the middle? caller: i think speaker boehner cannot control that tea party group because of a low turnout. host: what do you think would be a compromise? caller: i think they need to take social security off the table. it is and insurance program. if you buy an annuity, you get an annuity when it matures. that is what social security basically is. guest: i am a look confused. i am a registered independent. i've been with heritage for 14 years. i work with
john is a little bit contentious. i see it there is a partisan street fair with the heritage foundation. i am a veteran from vietnam. i need my social security and i live in low-income housing. they have helping secure that. i would never question social security because i paid into it for 45 years. i have been a lifelong democrat, born and raised in louisiana. i do not understand why the republicans cannot meet the democrats in the middle over this fiscal cliff situation and get the people's...
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john boehner and president obama. david, i see you smiling down there. >> i was waiting for judd to jump in. he is the one that convinced me. >> ultimately, i think they have gotten more than they can handle. the revenue targets they need to reach, the spending targets they need to reach now are enormous, but if you look down the road, in particular at health care spending, given the discussion we had before, we can do everything we want to try to control health-care spending, but another way to help control health care spending is earmarked a value-added tax toward revenue which would have much was spent, how much people have to pay in taxes, it would eliminate their regressivity of that, and it would, using a pun, inoculate the deficit from uncertainty about health-care reform. health care reform will take a long time. it is more complicated than tax reform. we have had one major tax reform in the last 50 years, thanks to senator packwood and others. health-care reform is going to take a long time. we cannot wait to
john boehner and president obama. david, i see you smiling down there. >> i was waiting for judd to jump in. he is the one that convinced me. >> ultimately, i think they have gotten more than they can handle. the revenue targets they need to reach, the spending targets they need to reach now are enormous, but if you look down the road, in particular at health care spending, given the discussion we had before, we can do everything we want to try to control health-care spending, but...
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john boehner should not be concerned about losing his job. he should be concerned about doing his job. his job is that of the american people. i do not want to get caught up in the sound bites. at least bring some kind of leverage, some kind of balance to this crisis. host: "in new york times" this morning -- guest: what does he have to negotiate? there are three options. you could allow the tax cuts to expire december 31. you can cancel some or all of the tax increases and spending. that would accelerate a dive back into a great recession or depression. in the first quarter, we would have very little difficulty in distinguishing ourselves from the crisis that is in gulf and europe and especially greece. the other thing we could do is come to a midline course of action where you could actually -- what can you minimally due to cut spending? what can you minimally due to have shared sacrifice so everyone is sacrificing something in this game? the other thing we don't talk about -- the interest rates on the deficit have been the lowest in 200 ye
john boehner should not be concerned about losing his job. he should be concerned about doing his job. his job is that of the american people. i do not want to get caught up in the sound bites. at least bring some kind of leverage, some kind of balance to this crisis. host: "in new york times" this morning -- guest: what does he have to negotiate? there are three options. you could allow the tax cuts to expire december 31. you can cancel some or all of the tax increases and spending....
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host: john in missouri, democratic caller. good morning. caller: good morning. health care costs. my wife and i live on a combined social security income of $14,000 a year. that's our combined income. and we are still making mortgage payments on our house which we were lucky enough to get through f.h.a. so they are manageable. two years, $28,000. about a year ago i went into the hospital for an angioplasty. my t.b. sent me there. i spent 23 hours in the hospital. total bill was $29,000. for 23 hours. i never even saw the doctor who did the angioplasty. if we don't get the government -- government's paying for this health care, but the private sector is the one that's writing the bills. you need to do something about the private sector section of the medical system. get 100,000 people to send their bills to you from the hospital and make these people justify these outrageous costs they are charging the government. host: congressman welch. guest: he's got a point. the cost is unbelievable. anybody who's been to the hospital as hes is, you not only get that bill, but you get a bill f
host: john in missouri, democratic caller. good morning. caller: good morning. health care costs. my wife and i live on a combined social security income of $14,000 a year. that's our combined income. and we are still making mortgage payments on our house which we were lucky enough to get through f.h.a. so they are manageable. two years, $28,000. about a year ago i went into the hospital for an angioplasty. my t.b. sent me there. i spent 23 hours in the hospital. total bill was $29,000. for 23...
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john has suffered enough. let's bring him home to his family where he rightly belongs in time for christmas. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. garamendi: address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. garamendi: i come to the floor to celebrate california's greatest sons, the ambassador of jazz, dave brubeck who was born in concord, california, a city i'm proud to represent. drafted to serve in world war ii. he was later touring in jim crow south insisting on mixed raced quarter at the times. jazz is the voice of freedom. with sophistication, he would become a leader in the west coast cool jazz scene putting california on the map. dave performed before presidents, premiers and popes. he was named a master and was awarded the national medal of arts. on a personal note during t
john has suffered enough. let's bring him home to his family where he rightly belongs in time for christmas. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. garamendi: address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. garamendi: i come to the floor to celebrate california's...
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john engler, he and i don't philosophically agree -- i'm being honest about john, but he comes from the other party but he is exactly right when he said that the only thing that debt ceiling is good for as a weapon is to destroy your credit rating. so i want to send a very clear message to people here, we aren't going to play that game next year. if congress in any way suggests that they are going to tie negotiations to debt ceiling votes and take us to the brink of default once again as part of a budget negotiation, which by the way, we have never done in our history until we did it last year, i will not play that game. because we have to break that habit before it starts. captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> you can see more of president obama's remarks tonight on c-span at 9:00 eastern. house speaker john boehner called on the white house to respond to the republicans' deficit proposal released earlier this week. at 8:00 eastern, more on the so-called fiscal cliff with chris van hollen as well as senator bo
john engler, he and i don't philosophically agree -- i'm being honest about john, but he comes from the other party but he is exactly right when he said that the only thing that debt ceiling is good for as a weapon is to destroy your credit rating. so i want to send a very clear message to people here, we aren't going to play that game next year. if congress in any way suggests that they are going to tie negotiations to debt ceiling votes and take us to the brink of default once again as part...
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embassador john bolton, always good to see you. >> thank you. >> the fighting in syria's spilling into neighboring lebanon. take a listen here. you can hear the gunshots. the rocket-propelled grenades and more tar fire are in the streets. supporters of bashar al-assad exchanging gunfire. more than a dozen people have been killed, more than 60 wounded. >> as unrest in other parts of the world, europe, in spain, a developing conflict over medical workers. they're taking to the streets to protest budgets cuts and plans to privatize hospitals in spain. thousands of demonstrators marched through madrid. critics say it would dismental spain's healthcare system but the government says cuts are necessary to secure health services during the recession. >>> the countdown continues. at this point there's just over three weeks until our nation potentially tumbles over what we call the fiscal cliff. john boehner says there's been no real progress in the negotiations between the white house and lawmakers on capitol hill. now he's accusing president obama of dragging his feet as the deadline looms. i
embassador john bolton, always good to see you. >> thank you. >> the fighting in syria's spilling into neighboring lebanon. take a listen here. you can hear the gunshots. the rocket-propelled grenades and more tar fire are in the streets. supporters of bashar al-assad exchanging gunfire. more than a dozen people have been killed, more than 60 wounded. >> as unrest in other parts of the world, europe, in spain, a developing conflict over medical workers. they're taking to the...
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john on the republican line. caller: i just wanted to say i think the number one priority -- the biggest thing we are seeing in the business world, small businesses are not able to borrow money to expand it. no help from the banks whatsoever. we had to go to independent leasing program. i do not understand why president obama is the president everybody thinks he is. why is he not helping with small business that is so important to the united states? we are getting no help. i would like to see -- he has never been in business, he has never done anything as far as the business world is concerned. his political ideas for business is nonexistent then anybody can see. until we understand that we cannot keep electing lawyers for a government, we will have these problems. these guys have never been in business. they are only into their political agenda. the political agenda needs to end. host: thank you for the call. this from the twitter page. an earlier caller talking about government spending. this from "the washingt
john on the republican line. caller: i just wanted to say i think the number one priority -- the biggest thing we are seeing in the business world, small businesses are not able to borrow money to expand it. no help from the banks whatsoever. we had to go to independent leasing program. i do not understand why president obama is the president everybody thinks he is. why is he not helping with small business that is so important to the united states? we are getting no help. i would like to see...
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john boehner and the republican house majority leader eric cantor. i tweeted last night quiet late saying the republicans are going to gang up on john boehner. there is an article in the new york times showing they feel he is dragging his feet and waiting until january 3. i also understand that the chairman of the government oversight and reform committee darrell issa, which is from our district here, is holding up the vote on the women against violence act also, which involves the illegals, native americans, and lgbt. this is a coal in the christmas stocking for women who helped to get president obama reelected, and is an attack on medicaid for women that have children, and seniors and -- host: we will leave it there. thanks for calling. olean is in tennessee, republican -- leeann. caller: we need to have more cuts. look at all the thousands obama has put on the payroll. we have 109 million government workers. 49 million people on food stamps whole. them with a free cell phone that has been given to them. if he cannot find any place to cut anything,
john boehner and the republican house majority leader eric cantor. i tweeted last night quiet late saying the republicans are going to gang up on john boehner. there is an article in the new york times showing they feel he is dragging his feet and waiting until january 3. i also understand that the chairman of the government oversight and reform committee darrell issa, which is from our district here, is holding up the vote on the women against violence act also, which involves the illegals,...
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host: john from redding, california. caller: eric public issues you might want to consider, and speak to this morning. -- there are a few issues you might want to consider and speak to this morning. we have to -- somewhere out there, corporate enterprise that established this price, that is the way it has to be because that is the way it is -- the people of the united states can decide what their price is going to be. it does not have to depend on some nebulous somebody, somewhere out there. host: mr. verrastro? guest: i am not sure it is a nebulous, unseen hand. in the oil market use globally, 90 million barrels a day. the total u.s. consumption is about 18 or 19. we're a significant part of the market. up until now, we have looked to imports to meet our consumption needs. we use -- 2005, we were 60% dependent. eia forecast shows that we will have more control from an energy security standpoint. but even countries like norway that our exporters, when something happens in nigeria or the middle east, their price goes up.
host: john from redding, california. caller: eric public issues you might want to consider, and speak to this morning. -- there are a few issues you might want to consider and speak to this morning. we have to -- somewhere out there, corporate enterprise that established this price, that is the way it has to be because that is the way it is -- the people of the united states can decide what their price is going to be. it does not have to depend on some nebulous somebody, somewhere out there....
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kerry the two most prominent names what is in john mccain's head? >> i'm shocked at some of the statements that he has made. i do know that our ambassador susan rice is qualified rhodes scholar, she is a brilliant woman, worked in the national security, within that team. she knows what she's doing, has done her job well, isen a expert and deserves a fair hearing. do not airport her. do not make it appear that she has not done her job when in fact what she was doing was her job. if the president wants to put her name forward she needs a fair hearing and she is such a well-qualified woman that i hope quite frankly that the president does put her name forward. >> eliot: if there was ever a case where the messager was being shot, she didn't write the information she put forth the c.i.a. did. senator mccain was going after her, some thought there was a personal feud. >> it's hard to imagine but senator mccain should be praising her for doing her job well especially when you have national security crisis, you want most of our officials you want everyone t
kerry the two most prominent names what is in john mccain's head? >> i'm shocked at some of the statements that he has made. i do know that our ambassador susan rice is qualified rhodes scholar, she is a brilliant woman, worked in the national security, within that team. she knows what she's doing, has done her job well, isen a expert and deserves a fair hearing. do not airport her. do not make it appear that she has not done her job when in fact what she was doing was her job. if the...
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david john, thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] it seems to me that the volley between the young lady and mr. john is a little bit >> thursday, grover norquist discusses how the republicans are negotiating the fiscal cliff. then, the potential impact of the fiscal cliff on medicare. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c- span. >> and the white house was very controversial, as most things in america were. there was competition. was not going to have a palace. in 1821, a european diplomat told the congress it was neither large nor odd-inspiring. the answer, the congressman said, the building's purpose. if it were larger and more elegant, perhaps a president would be inclined to become its permanent resident. >> a few of her favorite white house photos. what sunday evening at 7:30 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span 3. >> strangle me, take things from me, hit on me. >> he is on that bus. i have been on that bus. they are as good as
david john, thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] it seems to me that the volley between the young lady and mr. john is a little bit >> thursday, grover norquist discusses how the republicans are negotiating the fiscal cliff. then, the potential impact of the fiscal cliff on medicare. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c- span. >> and the white house was very controversial, as most things in america...
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speaker john boehner is saying $800 billion in more taxes. the route to higher revenue in the united states comes through tax reform. host: 1 not have a two-year budget? why go through this every 12 months? just guest: give me a budget. we don't even have one. guest: there are legitimate arguments that we should set course for two years and spent one of those years doing oversight of programs to make sure they are working the way they should be. i have some stability for that but the reality is we will not leave it totally alone over two years. the most important thing to be with to have a budget and a plan. host: is that so difficult? guest: cause we don't have anything that the house and the senate and the present have to agree on in terms of budget. the president presents a budget and congress may or may not pay attention to and the house passes a budget resolution, they are supposed to get together and agree on a but they don't have to. there's nothing that forces those three entities to operate on the same budget plan. guest: voters don'
speaker john boehner is saying $800 billion in more taxes. the route to higher revenue in the united states comes through tax reform. host: 1 not have a two-year budget? why go through this every 12 months? just guest: give me a budget. we don't even have one. guest: there are legitimate arguments that we should set course for two years and spent one of those years doing oversight of programs to make sure they are working the way they should be. i have some stability for that but the reality is...
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speaker john boehner has to be re-elected. if he does sort of curve to the left and finds his way down the middle, he can almost guarantee he's re-elected; right? >> well, he has to earn the trust of republicans, particularly conservative republicans. if he brings it through and pushes it through, that ruins the republican brand forever. we barely convinced the american people we're against tax increases, but if they pass a tax increases, we're on the road to the minority. that worries members of the conference irrespective of the cliff created, again, by a bad deeing in august 20 # 11 that the american people said don't raise the ceiling, washington raised it, cut spending in the future. that sounds awfully familiar from the white house and out of the speaker and the majority leaders as well. tracy: do you have anied what's -- whatever boehner presented to the white house tonight, do you have any idea what's in the compromise? >> none whatsoever, no details gimp to us, again, undecled cuts, but what i can be certain about, an
speaker john boehner has to be re-elected. if he does sort of curve to the left and finds his way down the middle, he can almost guarantee he's re-elected; right? >> well, he has to earn the trust of republicans, particularly conservative republicans. if he brings it through and pushes it through, that ruins the republican brand forever. we barely convinced the american people we're against tax increases, but if they pass a tax increases, we're on the road to the minority. that worries...
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the problem with the john boehner experience again they respond to fox news. if they can't even handle bob costas having a one minute conversation or dialogue about gun violence, then the republican party sees that. they see that radical approach and realize we can't even touch it. >> bob costas is hardly the image of a wild-eyed one. >> they don't want a public debay and certainly not on prime time during the nfl and certainly not by someone like bob costas. >> plug what you're doing with mike bloomberg. if you can get one thing done, what would it be? >> it's comprehensive criminal background checks. the system where currently 48% of gun sales are private which means under federal law not regulated. >> no background check whatsoever. >> absolutely not. it's like having two different systems at the airport where 60% go through the metal detector and 40% don't. >> i never heard it described that way. that's great. >> we might as well extend it to all gun sales. >> that's a fascinating argument and you are of course right. >> steve barton and eric fuller, thank
the problem with the john boehner experience again they respond to fox news. if they can't even handle bob costas having a one minute conversation or dialogue about gun violence, then the republican party sees that. they see that radical approach and realize we can't even touch it. >> bob costas is hardly the image of a wild-eyed one. >> they don't want a public debay and certainly not on prime time during the nfl and certainly not by someone like bob costas. >> plug what...
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we will year from representative john larson on the fiscal cliff negotiations. after that, we will hear from stephen ohlemacher. you can see "washington journal" everyday life at 7 p.m. -- 7 a.m. eastern here on c-span. coming up next on c-span, the in going an upcoming german discusses what they want to see and a and budget deal. then david walker and rudy penner discuss the fiscal cliff negotiations. later, a discussion on the potential impacts of the negotiations and state budgets. >> the white house was very controversial, as most americans were. they designed washington city. there was competition. he designed a design for a palace. it was not particularly awe- inspiring. in fact, a european diplomat told congress it was neither large or awe-inspiring. but the answer the congressman gave was the building serves its purpose. it is larger and more elegant. photo mer new york times bodh critic on the white house. watch it on sunday on c-span three on "american history tv per." >> congressman steve scalise and jim jordan. >> thank you for coming. to delighted t
we will year from representative john larson on the fiscal cliff negotiations. after that, we will hear from stephen ohlemacher. you can see "washington journal" everyday life at 7 p.m. -- 7 a.m. eastern here on c-span. coming up next on c-span, the in going an upcoming german discusses what they want to see and a and budget deal. then david walker and rudy penner discuss the fiscal cliff negotiations. later, a discussion on the potential impacts of the negotiations and state budgets....
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i am john fox sullivan. we publish atlantic. we want to welcome you to this special event this morning. i want to welcome our c-span audience. this is the 15th allstate "national journal" heartland poll. we have surveyed the public opinion of the public at large and this idea was initiated with edward reilly and joan walker of allstate, and post the economic crisis, we decided to see what the american public's perceptions are as to what was happening in their lives and the economy. part of the notion over the years, it is to give voice to middle class and american public opinion as to what is happening with our economy and their lives. we have conducted literally over 25,000 interviews, the last four years, so there is a repository year of data which is extraordinary, which is available, and i really recommend it to all of you at as a database that gives a pretty good sense of what the public has been thinking and gives a voice to the middle class. the survey we're talking about the day that ed reilly is going to present has a d
i am john fox sullivan. we publish atlantic. we want to welcome you to this special event this morning. i want to welcome our c-span audience. this is the 15th allstate "national journal" heartland poll. we have surveyed the public opinion of the public at large and this idea was initiated with edward reilly and joan walker of allstate, and post the economic crisis, we decided to see what the american public's perceptions are as to what was happening in their lives and the economy....
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caller: john boehner is sending forth a plan. speaker boehner have ideas aboutthere is some distance betweenboth sides are looking for ways to compromise. caller: ok. am i understand this correctly? the pentagon made sequester 13%. is that correct? guest: the bill is about $54 billion. at is the number the pentagon has to take out of their 2013. that is about 9.4% of the budget. caller: ok, thanks. host: troy in pittsburgh. this out before the war got started. they did were bonds and raised -- they did war bonds and raise taxes after world war i. this war is still going on. overseas. guest: everything started with 9/11, and that was thrust upon us with a horrible attack. now we are at war and we have to fight these things. there wasn't a lot of thinking about how to pay for this. we did were bonds -- war bonds in the past. we continue to lower taxes and to fight the wars at the same time. host: looking at contracts in november, the foreign military fail program. what is the -- foreign military sales program. guest: we provide the
caller: john boehner is sending forth a plan. speaker boehner have ideas aboutthere is some distance betweenboth sides are looking for ways to compromise. caller: ok. am i understand this correctly? the pentagon made sequester 13%. is that correct? guest: the bill is about $54 billion. at is the number the pentagon has to take out of their 2013. that is about 9.4% of the budget. caller: ok, thanks. host: troy in pittsburgh. this out before the war got started. they did were bonds and raised --...
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tracy: have you seen latest proposal that john boehner gave to the white house yesterday? >> i have not, but i know general outlines, and i do not see movement on real spending cut. certainly not the entitlement reforms we're all hoping for. tracy: what happens then, we go over the cliff. everyone goes in a panic mode. in 't a lot of -- understand that a lot of things will be retro active to january 1st but particular reek havoc on the economy. >> the economy is flying low and slow, turbulence from the congress and the president does not make sense, seems we should come together now, well before the holidays, reself the issue, and i think that a clean credible bridge into next year, that extends tax rates, and sets a firm deadline for fundamental reform, and entitlement reform and addresses some automatic spending cuts, seems that is a reasonable solution. tracy: again, every saying we're miles apartment what do you think it will take to get us there, are the republicans going to have to concede a little? >> i think we have in the issue of tax revenue. which we think econo
tracy: have you seen latest proposal that john boehner gave to the white house yesterday? >> i have not, but i know general outlines, and i do not see movement on real spending cut. certainly not the entitlement reforms we're all hoping for. tracy: what happens then, we go over the cliff. everyone goes in a panic mode. in 't a lot of -- understand that a lot of things will be retro active to january 1st but particular reek havoc on the economy. >> the economy is flying low and slow,...
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republicans don't want to see it happen. >> eliot: now john boehner is in an interesting position. the last two years we tried him carefully to dance--he had the tea party there holding his feet to the fire. your estimation, you live with your colleagues within the house of representatives, has the tea party lost elections much to everybody's surprise, can john boehner now look at them and say i'm in command of the ship, not you. >> i think he has a greater position of strength because he has seen the vocal hard line tea party members are not going to be returning members. so there is wiggle room for him. but he has to be the guy that gets to yes. there are democratic votes that can be had if he's willing to compromise. but he has steadfastly stuck to the majority of the majority must approve everything that comes to the floor. when he can't get the majority out of his own party he needs to look to democrats for those votes. >> eliot: what you're saying if you went to the middle, he would certainly unable to get some democratic votes but he could get some democratic votes and some
republicans don't want to see it happen. >> eliot: now john boehner is in an interesting position. the last two years we tried him carefully to dance--he had the tea party there holding his feet to the fire. your estimation, you live with your colleagues within the house of representatives, has the tea party lost elections much to everybody's surprise, can john boehner now look at them and say i'm in command of the ship, not you. >> i think he has a greater position of strength...
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tracy: speaker john boehner left the white house. we just heard this news. the party is being left out, is an agreement we have three of the four house republicans that we talk to. they have not known what has been talked about and they may not know what happened today. >> the key leadership and leaders in the senate and house, they know what is being discussed. they are actually trying to prevent leaking this information. a deal is only as good as it is with both parties. speaker boehner thought he had a deal with the president and the president consults his own leadership. >> that is fair. the president said the republicans have resisted raising taxes on the rich. they have a philosophical process with raising taxes. are they eventually going to have to give in on that? >> it depends what you are definition of riches. we have and believe that republicans, $250,000 is not rich in america today. the question will come down to what you get into return? i like to think of it as small claims court. if everyone goes away happy, the deal is probably good. speaker
tracy: speaker john boehner left the white house. we just heard this news. the party is being left out, is an agreement we have three of the four house republicans that we talk to. they have not known what has been talked about and they may not know what happened today. >> the key leadership and leaders in the senate and house, they know what is being discussed. they are actually trying to prevent leaking this information. a deal is only as good as it is with both parties. speaker boehner...
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on one side you have the establishment republicans, the john boehner, mitch mcconnell wing of the party. to them the election was lost because the conservative ideologues pulled mitt romney so far to the right in the primaries he could never find his way back to the middle in november. on the other side is the right wing, jim demint, rick santorum, the talk radio conservative media industrial complex. they make the same argument ideologues always make when they lose. the problem to them was our guy wasn't ideological enough. the conflict is playing out in technicolor with demint blowing the united states senate to become the ceo of the conservative movement and firing a warning shot at boehner in the process. joining me are michael steele, former rnc chair, now one of us, and joy reid, managing editor of thegrio.com. she's also one of us. thank you, gentleman and lady. i want you to look at something. this is what happens when you go near what i call the misery index, the rush limbaugh show. yesterday jim demint, still the united states senator from south carolina, and the outgoing heri
on one side you have the establishment republicans, the john boehner, mitch mcconnell wing of the party. to them the election was lost because the conservative ideologues pulled mitt romney so far to the right in the primaries he could never find his way back to the middle in november. on the other side is the right wing, jim demint, rick santorum, the talk radio conservative media industrial complex. they make the same argument ideologues always make when they lose. the problem to them was our...
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people like john are not at the negotiation table. it is tough to consider the full range of decisions. what we find time and time again is that the education and skills component of helping unemployed workers get back into the workforce is a big obstacle. we have 40 programs on the federal level to deal with that, but based on analysis out of rutgers university, is usually people that have been able to find their own education path and get their own skills and out of these government programs have been the most successful. that is a problematic dynamic. host: lisa is next from texas on the independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. i wanted to bring up a different perspective. and i am a business owner, and what has not been discussed is the burden of unemployment insurance placed on the small business owner. i have seen the percentage doubled in the last four years. the employee does not pay for the insurance. the employer does. the gentleman that just spoke, there are programs out there to get your gd -- ged. host: lisa,
people like john are not at the negotiation table. it is tough to consider the full range of decisions. what we find time and time again is that the education and skills component of helping unemployed workers get back into the workforce is a big obstacle. we have 40 programs on the federal level to deal with that, but based on analysis out of rutgers university, is usually people that have been able to find their own education path and get their own skills and out of these government programs...
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john boehner sitting by himself. all alone. not a single member of his party willing to share his company. he didn't even have any milk to drink because, well, tell them why, john? >> they had taken my milk and thrown it in the garbage. >> they took it and threw it in the garbage. i was so heart broken to hear this i said, look, how about this, john? if you agree to a 1% rate on the top 2 americans, just 2 people, i will dissolve social security. dissolve it. so we took it to the republicans and congress and what do they do? >> invited me to a pizza party. >> and when they got there -- when you got there, sir? >> it was a burned out warehouse. >> did you go inside? >> yes. >> and was there any pizza? >> no. >> and then what happened? >> they jumped out and pelted me with eggs. >> fresh eggs? >> rotten eggs. >> bill, i'll tell you, i feel like john boehner. mike has invited me to dinner many, many times. i show up and he's not there. all right. let's turn to reality news now. mtv has been looking for replacements of the "jersey
john boehner sitting by himself. all alone. not a single member of his party willing to share his company. he didn't even have any milk to drink because, well, tell them why, john? >> they had taken my milk and thrown it in the garbage. >> they took it and threw it in the garbage. i was so heart broken to hear this i said, look, how about this, john? if you agree to a 1% rate on the top 2 americans, just 2 people, i will dissolve social security. dissolve it. so we took it to the...
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president and house speaker john boehner met privately. both emphasize the lines of communication remain open. one person watching all this is a woman with to power brokers on capitol hill. f is very muchclif the mind of linda. they need to put aside these differences they have. of 10 employees at the capitol hill that counts house itsker john boehner among customers. she worries about the year and a possible government cutbacks. >> they are our main source of keeping the business open. if it goes down any further, we might end up closing up. k of a deficit deal a $800 billion in domestic and defense cuts that family taxes could rise $3,500. is going to be a lot of suffering among a lot of people who deserve otherwise. the white house wants a tax on the rich and increase on the debt limit. say tax tight cost american jobs. medicare is going bankrupt, inability will be bankrupt two years. of democratsity republicans to reach a compromise is frustrating to about socialry security and medicare benefits. a lot of times when people are dug in,
president and house speaker john boehner met privately. both emphasize the lines of communication remain open. one person watching all this is a woman with to power brokers on capitol hill. f is very muchclif the mind of linda. they need to put aside these differences they have. of 10 employees at the capitol hill that counts house itsker john boehner among customers. she worries about the year and a possible government cutbacks. >> they are our main source of keeping the business open....
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lou: john cruz thank you, we wish you the best of luck. >> thank you. lou: up next, unions supporting, protesters, and some of them a few of them resort to i think that is physical is that a left cross? something you might have missed if you were not watching fox news, that story is next. and coming up tomorrow, fox news, politics digital politic senator chris stirewalt, former u.s. ambassador to united nations, john bolton, and monica crowley among our guests you don't want to miss them. an over confident president perhaps? republicans, self esteem issues and a reserves house speaker, the a-team will bring a little piece to it all, next. lou: the mainstream liberal media, choosing to ignore another story that may portray the left wing coalition, in this country in the negative light. if you were watching the big three networks you would not3 know about the assault. i don't top use the word violence, abc, and cbs and nbc all covered the right-to-work protests, only one hinted there may have been physicality. >> they voice anger. >> protester swarm the g
lou: john cruz thank you, we wish you the best of luck. >> thank you. lou: up next, unions supporting, protesters, and some of them a few of them resort to i think that is physical is that a left cross? something you might have missed if you were not watching fox news, that story is next. and coming up tomorrow, fox news, politics digital politic senator chris stirewalt, former u.s. ambassador to united nations, john bolton, and monica crowley among our guests you don't want to miss them....
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john kerry is now this country's majority opinion. well, something here has stirred, but what is it? what has shifted the country from two-thirds against same-sex marriage to more than 50% for it. compassion, common sense? idea fatigued? the idea to specify a single argument against it? or is it family, friends, co-workers and public by so many people that they are gay. is this why so many have changed their mind in marriage equality? in some cases, a major breakthrough. our guest, clark cooper and joan wallace. let's take a look at something that george will said this weekend. and the question is has the opposition of gay marriage softened, even among conservatives? let's watch it. >> this decision by the supreme court came 31 days after an election day. never happened before. now, the question is, how will that influence the court? it could make them say it's not necessary for us to go here. on the other hand, they could say it's now safe to look at this because there is something like an emerging consensus. quite literally, the opp
john kerry is now this country's majority opinion. well, something here has stirred, but what is it? what has shifted the country from two-thirds against same-sex marriage to more than 50% for it. compassion, common sense? idea fatigued? the idea to specify a single argument against it? or is it family, friends, co-workers and public by so many people that they are gay. is this why so many have changed their mind in marriage equality? in some cases, a major breakthrough. our guest, clark cooper...
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that's what john boehner and president obama are currently arguing about. par are it's interesting, mark. you and the team noted the confusion, if you want. maybe because of the leadership. the headlines and the ap has the headline fiscal cliffs appear to be stalled and the hill's headline edge towards the deal and deficit reduction negotiations. are both true? >> both are true and you have to look at the totality of the story. today is wednesday and you and i have been having this conversation for a while. you have some type of deal as we are headed to this weekend. this is about the give-and-take. we saw the white house who reported they went from at one point $6 trillion in revenue that they wanted. down to 1.4. i wouldn't be surprise fed that continues to go down. the most important thing as we pointed out, both sides continue to talk. even if the phone calls right now are not all that pleasant, even if they are tense, the fact that they are still talking is a pretty good sign that a deal can get done. >> realistically would we get to the point where th
that's what john boehner and president obama are currently arguing about. par are it's interesting, mark. you and the team noted the confusion, if you want. maybe because of the leadership. the headlines and the ap has the headline fiscal cliffs appear to be stalled and the hill's headline edge towards the deal and deficit reduction negotiations. are both true? >> both are true and you have to look at the totality of the story. today is wednesday and you and i have been having this...
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>> john: and? >> john: correct answer is dead. the reason is the russians are trying now to work out a way to get him out. or asylum. he might seek asylum. he is losing territory, military assets. and the rebels are near damascus. i think what is going to happen his own people, alouites, militia he is in command of will likely kill himmor family if he tries to escape. odds are he will be dead. >> "a," dead? "b," living in russia or iran? "c," still president of syria? >> i agree with charles and say dead. this is a man who declared war on his own country and made it clear he will go down with his country. he has killed 41,000 zillians, 20% of the population is refugees. there is talk of use of chemical weapons against his own population. i think the key for the united states is do we get in fast enough that we help shape the jut come of whatever comes after assad in because al-qaeda is in there. you don't want them to get a foothold even more than they already have. >> john: how do you think it will turn out? >> there should have
>> john: and? >> john: correct answer is dead. the reason is the russians are trying now to work out a way to get him out. or asylum. he might seek asylum. he is losing territory, military assets. and the rebels are near damascus. i think what is going to happen his own people, alouites, militia he is in command of will likely kill himmor family if he tries to escape. odds are he will be dead. >> "a," dead? "b," living in russia or iran? "c,"...
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its state legislature did pass the bill, but outgoing democratic governor john lynch veed it. the president's public support of unions today poorly timed for another reason. chrysler's management forced to bow to the united autoworker union as the company rehired 13 employees who had been caught drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana while on the job. rysler's spokesman said the company was forced to respect a union arbitrator's desion. and while the president was in michigan, reports that a chinese auto parts company has purchased bankrupt a123 systems, a batte maker that received more than half of a $250 million taxpayer-funded obama stimulus grant. a123 systems was once heralded by energy secretary steven chu as a success story for amerin manufacturing. the green battery maker blaming weak demand for electric cars for their failure. china, obvioussy, has plans to fix all of that with a little help from the american taxpayer and, of course, the president. wile we focus on the fiscal cliff negotiations, or more appropately the iasse many our state governments aren't in much b
its state legislature did pass the bill, but outgoing democratic governor john lynch veed it. the president's public support of unions today poorly timed for another reason. chrysler's management forced to bow to the united autoworker union as the company rehired 13 employees who had been caught drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana while on the job. rysler's spokesman said the company was forced to respect a union arbitrator's desion. and while the president was in michigan, reports that a...
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it's a question senator john mccain has been asking. we talked to him repeatedly since the killings there began. i spoke to him earlier today. senator mccain, do you know why the administration has chosen this chemical weapons as its red line and not, say, assad's use of the air force against its own people more than as you know 40,000 syrians have died so far in this conflict. why is this the red line? >> i don't know why, anderson, but i think it's important to note that bashir al assad may interpret that as a green light for everything else. in other words, do everything up to but not including the use of chemical weapons. but at the same time, i do understand the concern about the use of nerve gas which is in their inventory, which depending on how heavily populated the area that they use it on, could result in unbelievable deaths that, you know, possibly in tens of thousands if they use the right kind of chemical weapon. so i can understand the administration's concern but maybe they don't realize that they are also sending a green
it's a question senator john mccain has been asking. we talked to him repeatedly since the killings there began. i spoke to him earlier today. senator mccain, do you know why the administration has chosen this chemical weapons as its red line and not, say, assad's use of the air force against its own people more than as you know 40,000 syrians have died so far in this conflict. why is this the red line? >> i don't know why, anderson, but i think it's important to note that bashir al assad...
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john boehner is the president's partner at this point. he can't wait for two years for a resolution of this problem. it would be damaging for the markets, for the economy. >> everybody, yeah. >> if this thing drifts for two years. certainly the president would like to have a democratic house, but he doesn't have one right now. he's not going to have one for some time, probably not going to have one after the 2014 elections. >> no? >> so i think this president is focused on trying to get john boehner and republicans to come his way on tax rates which is a position that's popular with the american public as our nbc/"wall street journal" poll showed this week and then get to the end stage bargaining on spending. >> so who prompted this meeting, john? you said there's a real shakeup, you're hearing about a shakeup. who prompted the meeting? was it the president or john boehner? >> reporter: i don't know that yet. i infer from what i heard about a shakeup being required that the speaker might have done it, but i don't know that yet. >> okay. w
john boehner is the president's partner at this point. he can't wait for two years for a resolution of this problem. it would be damaging for the markets, for the economy. >> everybody, yeah. >> if this thing drifts for two years. certainly the president would like to have a democratic house, but he doesn't have one right now. he's not going to have one for some time, probably not going to have one after the 2014 elections. >> no? >> so i think this president is focused...
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john, for that introduction. the national journal has been a terrific partner in supporting our work and the challenges that the american middle-class has been facing during this great recession, and i thank them for that. many thanks also to end, who will take us through the polling data to date -- many thanks take us through the polling data today, as well as one of his associates. we have a rich body of knowledge about specific issues, and now coming together with this poll, we have the american sense of what our to do list is as we move into the next administration and the next congress. important findings. when we began this polling in 2009, the financial crisis was absolutely still very much underway. the bailout. the stock market, as we all recall painfully, had dropped from 14,000 in 2007 to 6600 in early 2009. banks were shedding over $1 trillion in toxic assets, and homes were shipping equity, unfortunately, at an even greater rate. -- allstll states's ate's mission is to protect families, we thought we
john, for that introduction. the national journal has been a terrific partner in supporting our work and the challenges that the american middle-class has been facing during this great recession, and i thank them for that. many thanks also to end, who will take us through the polling data to date -- many thanks take us through the polling data today, as well as one of his associates. we have a rich body of knowledge about specific issues, and now coming together with this poll, we have the...
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speaker boehner, don't give an inch on taxes. >> both john boehner -- what i'm saying is both john boehner and i say, look, if you want to make a deal, you're going to have to consider what the other party wants, what the other side wants, what -- you have to get to an agreement. >> neil: what would the agreement be, one to one? >> look, i've been for bowls simpson and -- the outline, not the specifics. what they said is we need to deal with entitlements, we need to strengthen social security and medicare and make sure they're sustainable. >> neil: their ratio was $3 in spending cuts to 1 dollar in revenue. what do you think this will be? >> actually, frankly, as you probably know, neil, the bowles simpson proposal was closer to 2-1 than 3-1. >> neil: do you think the final package will be 2-1? >> i don't know. i know this, that frankly we ought to stop talking about the politics or ideology. we have a math problem in my opinion. the problem is we need to get -- you could pick your target. my target would be 70% of debt to gdp by 2022 or 2023. then work the math backwards and how you get t
speaker boehner, don't give an inch on taxes. >> both john boehner -- what i'm saying is both john boehner and i say, look, if you want to make a deal, you're going to have to consider what the other party wants, what the other side wants, what -- you have to get to an agreement. >> neil: what would the agreement be, one to one? >> look, i've been for bowls simpson and -- the outline, not the specifics. what they said is we need to deal with entitlements, we need to strengthen...
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lou: john cruz thank you, we wish you the best of luck. >> thank you. lou: up next, unions supporting, protesters, and some of them a few of them resort to i think that is physical is that a left cross? something you might have missed if you were not watching fox news, that story is next. and coming up tomorro fox news, politics digital politic senator chris stirewalt, former u.s. ambassador to united nations, john bolton, and monica crowley among our guests you don't want to miss them. an over confident president perhaps? republicans, self esteem issues and a reserves house speaker, ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the mercedes-benz winter event is back, with the perfect vehicle that's just right for you, no matter which list you're on. [ santa ] ho, ho, ho, ho! [ male announcer ] lease a 2013 c250 for $349 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. heartburn symptoms causedelieve by acid reflux disease. osteoporosis-related bone fractures and low magnesium levels have been seen with nexium. possible side effects include headache, diarrh
lou: john cruz thank you, we wish you the best of luck. >> thank you. lou: up next, unions supporting, protesters, and some of them a few of them resort to i think that is physical is that a left cross? something you might have missed if you were not watching fox news, that story is next. and coming up tomorro fox news, politics digital politic senator chris stirewalt, former u.s. ambassador to united nations, john bolton, and monica crowley among our guests you don't want to miss them....
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we could really pinpoint this to speaker john boehner speaking at 11:30 a.m. and the traders must have believed there isn't a deal and this is not baked into the cake we will have a deal before the end of the year. >> this market is all about what have you done for me lately and if you look at the chart can be considered a way it angled lower and lower after coming out of washington but hit rewind, go back to yesterday and the day before, the market reacted positively, so it shows us how sensitive the market is right now and clearly we are running out of time. tomorrow is friday. we have a full week next week but that is the last full week of the year. we're talking about the fiscal cliff running out of time, so different factors people are trying to play the end of the year trade. we're getting down to the end of things now. liz: what were they buying today, what were they selling? >> a follow-up from what we have seen in the past and what we think we will see in the future. just because regulations will be a little bit more transparent coming forward and the
we could really pinpoint this to speaker john boehner speaking at 11:30 a.m. and the traders must have believed there isn't a deal and this is not baked into the cake we will have a deal before the end of the year. >> this market is all about what have you done for me lately and if you look at the chart can be considered a way it angled lower and lower after coming out of washington but hit rewind, go back to yesterday and the day before, the market reacted positively, so it shows us how...